NIH prepares emergency guideline for influenza virus

• NIH sounded health alarm about seasonal influenza.
• NIH has prepared emergency guidelines for influenza.
• The emergency guidelines will be sent to all provinces.

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health(NIH) has prepared an emergency guideline on the influenza virus.

The NIH has sounded a health alarm about seasonal influenza. The Ministry of Health has said that the NIH has prepared emergency guidelines for influenza, and the emergency guidelines will be sent to the federation and provinces.

In the letter, while directing the provincial health department to take preventive measures to prevent influenza, it has been said that new types of flu virus are being reported in the world every year, influenza cases are reported in Pakistan during winter, from December to February. Flu cases increase as temperatures drop, and hospitalization rates increase as influenza cases increase.

The NIH said that the deaths of children and the elderly are reported from influenza, and influenza that starts with mild symptoms can become severe, children, the elderly, pregnant women, including diabetics, heart disease patients, and obese people are more susceptible to seasonal influenza.

It is said in the letter that diabetes, heart disease patients, and fat people are easy victims of influenza, children from 6 months to 6 years are easily affected by seasonal influenza and people suffering from respiratory and chronic diseases are likely to have complications from influenza.

The health department and organizations should take advanced measures to control influenza, if timely measures are not taken, influenza can become an epidemic situation.

Be careful in contact with cold, fever, and sick people, do not touch your hands, mouth, or eyes after meeting sick people, and wash your hands with soap after meeting sick people, nose when sick people cough, sneeze, Cover your mouth because careful intercourse can prevent the spread of influenza.

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Influenza patients should be given the vaccine recommended by WHO while pregnant women, children, and weak people should get the influenza vaccine. The effective solution to prevent influenza for high-risk groups is vaccination.